Is Singapore food really that expensive

last SG · 2005-12-27T23:11:36+00:00

not so ex lah... i bought a 5kg one at a 99yen shop b4... but... it's not 99yen.. it's 999 yen.. kena con... only know it when i pay at the cashier.. still t...

Simon Dean SG

I doubt it, please dont compare Singapore food prices to 2nd or 3rd world countries though.(Unrealistic)

charlize SG

The cost of a Big Mac meal overseas in some developed European country costs double what we pay here.

You think that is expensive? Laughing

Lingos SG

If i lived in SIngapore i wouldn't bother with cooking.
I wouldn't even bother with a kitchen.
$3 for food at the hawker centre. It's cheaper than cooking man.

monkeybusiness SG

not really Laughing

lwflee SG

Norway: about 30 SGD per McD meal i've been told.

shinta SG

if we compare with china.....

cookin at home is dirt cheap

Laughing

charlize SG

Whao, that's even more expensive than I thought.

In Paris, it costs maybe S$12 to 13. Laughing

Apex-LW'21 SG

[*]My school canteen food very cheap, but inedible.
Eat at food court costs cheaper. (not at shopping centre, of course, but around in the neighbourhood.)

ditzy SG

CMPB the canteen food cheap also, $1.50 can get a bowl of mee poh tah. Laughing

sinicker SG

for a student like me allowance one sch day $7, holidays $0 (yes, nov + dec i no $). big mac meal kinda expensive leh.

charlize SG

Why Nov and Dec no money?

Because you never find work.

Why never find work?

Because. Because. Because. Laughing

FireIce SG

expensive or not is subjective

some ppl hiam $3 chicken rice @ food centre expensive
but can go eat steak tt cost $120 per slab

ditzy SG

Hanor hanor. Laughing

White_Shadow^AngeL SG

Originally posted by sinicker:

for a student like me allowance one sch day $7, holidays $0 (yes, nov + dec i no $). big mac meal kinda expensive leh.[/b]

wow... 1 day $7, that's alot leh... add $3 more and that's my allowance for 1 week leh... Laughing

ShutterBug SG

I doubt cooking and eating at home is any cheaper than say eating out.

Cooking at home involves the use of gas, water for washing up after meal, these adds up to overall costs in a month.

But if you eat out, depending what you eat and where, it can be a tad bit lower if you stick to hawker centers. However, eating out is not very healthy considering hawkers' use of MSG, lard oil, and cholestrol rich dishes.

trajet SG

I've been to few countries since the past few years.. Actually we can't really say that food in Singapore is really that expensive. Think about the cost to make the food itself. Singapore don't have a lot of farms and can't really produce grains, rice well.. We are too dependent to neigbouring countries like malaysia, indonesia, thailand etc. Still we can produce a lot of variety of food here..

Comparing price between countries sometimes is not a good answer. We can compare 'char kuay teow' between singapore, indon, malaysia, china etc.. Sure CHINA is the obvious winner. They are the cheapest... But sometimes price considers either quality, cleanliness or hygiene itself. No absolute winner... U can say China's fried kuay teow is the best in taste but have u think carefully of WHAT is the INGREDIENTS they put inside the food. how much monosodium glutamate ie.ajinomoto inside it?... when China hawker centres say it's chicken meat.. is it "really chicken meat"? because heard a lot of case in small cities of China (of course this is very rare)... they might use mice to replace chicken and nobody notice..

I think it's more about where a person earns money/works and where one will spend it on food... Let say a person earn salary 1,600 ringgit malaysia, buying S$3 kuay teow in singapore rather than he stays in malaysia and buy 3 ringgit fried kuay teow of course will be too expensive.. While a person works in singapore will find it malaysian fried kuay teow too cheap. Or how if he tries to buy a Kuay teow in U.S where kuay teow are only served in China town... So it's more about WHERE to earn and spend... Different countries have different level of currency strength against US dollar..

ditzy SG

wong post. Laughing

abao SG

Originally posted by sinicker:
for a student like me allowance one sch day $7, holidays $0 (yes, nov + dec i no $). big mac meal kinda expensive leh.

U wat age first? Then we noe whether the $$$ is alot or not.

$7 x 5d = $35
$35 X 4wks = $140
if 5wks in a month, $35 X 5 =$175

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lwflee SG

Errr...no. Whilst at home i just tell 'mum' that i am not going out. Somehow, food will magically appear on the table come meal time. After my meal, i just put the dishes in the sink and again, the plates somehow clean themselves.

All Free!

Dunno about gas. You need that for???

de_middle SG

Aiya, you guys ever think of how much they pay their workers? Australia chambermaid already drawing 3K leh.